Error: Target newer than source (Backup)

[coastalguy]

I am using the backup method with my VisaVersa Pro profile running it using the VVEngine. I am constantly getting an error that target files are newer than the source files. However, on review these are newer by only a second or two. Obviously, the files are identical, except that the time set on the target file is after the file has been copied, which is seconds later.

Is there a way to have the exact same date/time stamp on the target file, as the source file, when it is copied over?

[onlyasking]

in the profile settings there is an option to ignore a few seconds or exact hour and more.

[TGRMN Software]

Hello, in profile settings -> comparison there is the following option:

Ignore up to 2 seconds difference between files: Are you seeing 2 seconds difference between files in source and target that should instead have the same timestamp? This is an incompatibility between FAT and NTFS file systems. FAT and NTFS are two file systems used by the Windows operating system. FAT, (V)FAT and FAT(32) maintain a file's timestamp to an accuracy of two seconds whereas NTFS is accurate to the millisecond. So when files are copied from an NTFS drive to a FAT drive or viceversa the timestamps can change by up to 2 seconds but the files remain the same. With ViceVersa you can work around this issue by activating the option "Ignore up to 2 seconds difference between files": all files with a timestamp difference up to 2 seconds will be considered as having the same timestamp.

NOTE: ViceVersa usually enables this option automatically if it recognizes that it's needed. However in this case the file systems could be different from FAT32 and NTFS.
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